Open FTP dashboard

Get FTP connection information

In the FTP dashboard, click Copy to copy the FTPS endpoint and app credentials.

It's recommended that you use App Credentials to deploy to your app because it's unique to each app. However, if you click User Credentials, you can set user-level credentials that you can use for FTP/S login to all App Service apps in your subscription.

Deploy files to Azure

From your FTP client (for example, Visual Studio, Cyberduck, or WinSCP), use the connection information you gathered to connect to your app.

Copy your files and their respective directory structure to the /site/wwwroot directory in Azure (or the /site/wwwroot/App_Data/Jobs/ directory for WebJobs).

Generate these necessary files manually on your local machine, and then deploy them together with your app.

Enforce FTPS

For enhanced security, you should allow FTP over SSL only. You can also disable both FTP and FTPS if you don't use FTP deployment.

In your app's resource page in Azure portal, select App settings in the left navigation.

To disable unencrypted FTP, select FTPS Only. To disable both FTP and FTPS entirely, select Disable. When finished, click Save. If using FTPS Only you must enforce TLS 1.2 or higher by navigating to the SSL settings blade of your web app. TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are not supported with FTPS Only.

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What happens to my app during deployment?

All the officially supported deployment methods have one thing in common: they make changes to the files in the /home/site/wwwroot folder of your app. These are the same files that are run in production. Therefore, the deployment can fail due to locked files, or the app in production may have unpredictable behavior during deployment because not all the files are updated simultaneously. There are a few different ways to avoid these issues:

Troubleshoot FTP deployment

How can I troubleshoot FTP deployment?

The first step for troubleshooting FTP deployment is isolating a deployment issue from a runtime application issue.

A deployment issue typically results in no files or wrong files deployed to your app. You can troubleshoot by investigating your FTP deployment or selecting an alternate deployment path (such as source control).

A runtime application issue typically results in the right set of files deployed to your app but incorrect app behavior. You can troubleshoot by focusing on code behavior at runtime and investigating specific failure paths.

I'm not able to FTP and publish my code. How can I resolve the issue?

Check that you've entered the correct hostname and credentials. Check also that the following FTP ports on your machine are not blocked by a firewall:

FTP control connection port: 21

FTP data connection port: 989, 10001-10300

How can I connect to FTP in Azure App Service via passive mode?

Azure App Service supports connecting via both Active and Passive mode. Passive mode is preferred because your deployment machines are usually behind a firewall (in the operating system or as part of a home or business network). See an example from the WinSCP documentation.

Next steps

For more advanced deployment scenarios, try deploying to Azure with Git. Git-based deployment to Azure
enables version control, package restore, MSBuild, and more.